James King
Founder And VCISO at Sovereign Security Group LLC
Panguitch, Utah, United States
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Top SchoolJames King is a pragmatic CISO and founder with nine years of senior security and IT leadership experience driving cloud-first, zero-trust, and AI-enabled transformations across fintech and SaaS companies. As Founder and vCISO at Sovereign Security Group he helps startups achieve SOC 2 readiness, accelerate sales cycles, and satisfy investor due diligence without slowing engineering velocity. Previously as CISO at Finicity (now Mastercard) he scaled global security and IT teams through acquisition, modernizing architectures and automating detection and response to support rapid growth and regulatory demands. He combines board-level risk communication with hands-on cloud security design, vendor risk, and incident readiness—treating security as a business enabler rather than a gate. Based in Panguitch, Utah, James also runs a niche restaurant, reflecting a pragmatic, customer-focused leadership style that balances big-picture strategy with operational execution. His background spans military discipline, formal security training, and startup grit, enabling him to simplify complex systems into measurable outcomes.
9 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Basic Airborne Course, Basic Airborne Course at US Army (BAC)The University of UtahFirst AID/AED/CPR/Wilderness Safety, First AID/AED/CPR/Wilderness Safety at Utah Safety CouncilUnited States Military Academy at West PointInformation Security concepts, Information Security concepts at SANSRotary Aviation, Rotary Aviation at US ArmyAir Assault Course, Air Assault Course at US Army (AASLT)Forensics Criminology, Forensics Criminology at FBI Citizens Academy
German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (61)
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
cpt-kernel/hello-world
May 2018 - May 2018
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 2 branches in 1 day
cpt-kernel/city-repo
Apr 2020 - Apr 2020
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
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